Like George Karl pointed out after the game: “Most of the shots were probably 15-18 feet, very few layups.” Yes, Denver was slow-footed. But a lot of it was just astonishing awesomeness courtesy of the Pacers’ hot hands. And consider this – the Pacers had 37 assists, but no player had more than six. Some standouts — Darren Collison (six), T.J. Ford (six), Danny Granger (five) and Josh McRobers (five).

* The stats are a little skewed because the Pacers made so many shots, but the Nuggets didn’t rebound too well. At halftime, Indiana led by 10 points and had 28 boards, while Denver had 17. And for all intents and purposes, consider the game ended after three quarters (when the Pacers led 113-76). At that point, Nene had just six, Shelden Williams three, Al Harrington two. Melo had five.

* It’s just one game, but the Pacers do have a lot of fun young talent, beyond their big-money star, Granger. Collison played really, really well last year, especially as a rookie, filling in for Chris Paul. Now with Indiana, he seems pretty comfortable out there, and on Tuesday, he was 12-for-14 for 29 points. Roy Hibbert is a double-double big man ad Brandon Rush can score in bunches.